<section id="z3950admin">
<title>Z39.50 Servers</title>
- <para>Koha has a powerful copy cataloging tool. Using Koha you can
- connect to any Z39.50 target that is publicly available or that you
- have the log in information to.</para>
+<para>Z39.50 is a client–server protocol for searching and retrieving information from
+ remote computer databases, in short it's a tool used for copy cataloging. Using Koha you
+ can connect to any Z39.50 target that is publicly available or that you have the log in
+ information to and copy both bibliographic and/or authority records from that
+ source.</para>
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<listitem>
- <para>From the main Z39.50 page, click 'New Z39.50
- Server'</para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Userid and Password are only required for servers that
- are password protected</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
+ <para>From the main Z39.50 page, click 'New Z39.50 Server'</para>
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<screeninfo>New Z39.50 Server Form</screeninfo>
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+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Z39.50 server' should be populated with a name that will help you identify
+ the source (such as the library name).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Hostname' will be the address to the Z39.50 target.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Port' tells Koha what port to listen on to get results from this
+ target.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Userid' and 'Password' are only required for servers that are password
+ protected.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Check the 'Checked' box if you want this target to always be selected by
+ default.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Rank' lets you enter where in the list you'd like this target to appear.<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If this is left blank the targets will be in alphabetical
+ order.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Syntax' is the MARC flavor you use.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Encoding' tells the system how to read special characters.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>'Timeout' is helpful for targets that take a long while. You can set the
+ timeout so that it doesn't keep trying the target if results aren't found in a
+ reasonable amount of time.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
+
<section id="suggestztarget">
<title>Suggested Z39.50 Targets</title>